Disclaimer: I do not own anything you see here except the OCs introduced in this chapter.

Central City, the future

Day

"Oliver's…dead?" Cisco asked shocked.

"Who are you?!" Green Arrow barked and Cisco raised his hands as the archer aimed another arrow at him.

"Okay, calm down. My name is Cisco Ramon." Cisco said nervously.

"Liar! Tell me who you really are!" Green Arrow snarled.

"I just did!" Cisco said panicked.

Green Arrow suddenly tilted his head to the side, as if he heard something. Then he rushed and Cisco and slugged him. Cisco went down, unconscious.

Star Labs, present

Night

"I-is Cisco…"Caitlin trailed off, not wanting to see it.

"No," Nyssa said as they turned to her, "he is still alive."

"How do you know that?" Barry asked desperately.

"Because she saw what I saw," Oliver said and they looked over at him, "the blue lighting struck, throwing us all back. Just before I hit the ground, I saw one of those-what do you call them, breaches?-open and suck Cisco in."

"So…where did it take him then?" Wally asked and everyone looked around, uncertain.

Central City, the future

Later

Cisco groaned as he came to. Immediately, he realized he couldn't move. He looked around, realizing he was tied to a chair with iron cables. He was in a dark room and Green Arrow stood in front of him.

"Now, I'm going to ask you again. Who are you?" Green Arrow said as he pulled out his bow.

"I don't know what you want from me. I'm Cisco Ramon, why won't you believe me?!" Cisco cried out fearfully ash e eyed the bow and arrow.

"Because Cisco Ramon died over ten years ago. Now who are you?" Green Arrow demanded.

Cisco was too stunned to respond. Green Arrow sighed and was about to fire when he paused. He placed his hand on the front of his suit, which Cisco remembered as being where the comms unit was stored.

"What?" Green Arrow demanded and someone seemed to say something that threw him. "But…I just…fine, I'll be there in a moment. It's your lucky day imposter, I'm needed elsewhere."

Without waiting for a response, Green Arrow turned and walked out the door. Once the door was closed, the archer lowered his hood to reveal the face of thirty-three year old Conner Hawke. He stormed down the hall and into what was obviously the command center of the base. A woman was standing in front of some holographic screens as he walked in.

Twenty-two year old Natasha Allen resembled both of her parents. She had Caitlin's eyes and hair but she had more Barry than Caitlin in her face. Controversially, she had more Caitlin in her personality than Barry. While she had Barry's optimism, it had waned on her until there was almost nothing of Barry left in her and she resembled Caitlin in her final years.

"What is it Natasha?" Conner snapped as he stormed over.

"Look," Natasha gestured to the gear that he had gotten off the imposter, "this is what you got off the guy who claims to be Uncle Cisco…and this is a picture of Uncle Cisco in his gear from 2016. Take a look."

"The gear…is exactly the same." Conner said lowly as he stared at the holographic-screen.

"And this is a picture of Uncle Cisco without his gear," Natasha said as she brought up a picture of Cisco, "Notice anything?"

"They look exactly alike." Conner said lowly.

Star Labs, present

Night

"You two are right; Cisco was sucked into a breach." Barry said as they all watched Cisco disappear into the blue portal as the played security footage in slow motion.

"Well, where could he be?" Sara asked curiously.

"Impossible to say, there are infinite earths, infinite realities that Cisco could be stuck in." Caitlin said distressed.

"If Cisco is as smart as we know he is, then he'll figure out a way to signal us. In the meantime, we need to come up with something that can help us get him back." Oliver ordered.

"Maybe we should call Felicity?" Barry suggested.

"No!" Sara and Roy snapped with such ferocity that it surprised everyone.

"Um, okay. Well then I guess I'll call Professor Stein for some help." Barry said as he walked off.

"I'll go see if I can figure out anything from the site." Caitlin said before quickly following after her boyfriend.

"So, let's find you place to sleep," Oliver said as he led Conner away, as the boy was practically dead on his feet, "John, like to join me?"

"Sure." Diggle said as he followed after them.

"So, what was that about?" Oliver asked once they are out of earshot.

"Sara, Thea, and Captain Lance blame Felicity for what happened to Laurel and Roy is backing them up. They say if Felicity had sucked it up and put aside her personal problems, Laurel might still be alive because we would have been better prepared." Diggle explained.

"I see." Oliver said evenly and Diggle looked over at him curiously.

"Do you…agree?" Diggle asked hesitantly.

"I think Felicity has helped us out time and time again, all from behind a computer screen. I don't know if she could have prevented Laurel's death, but I don't think we can completely rule it out. This is why Felicity hasn't come back while I've been gone?" Oliver asked and Diggle nodded. "I see. In any case, she put herself before the team, before the city. This isn't the first time this has happened, Roy told me about what happened the first time I fought Ra's. You can't trust someone like that John. You can't trust someone who runs away when the going gets tough."

Central City, the future

Night

"You are exactly who you say you are." Green Arrow said as he held up a tablet that showed a DNA test to Cisco from the databanks.

"Told ya! Now can you untie me?" Cisco asked irritably.

"Yes, of course," Green Arrow pulled out a knife and began cutting through the cables, "I'm really sorry about this but we've just run into so many problems and everyone we meet seems to be the enemy."

"It's okay, I get it," Cisco stood up, messaging his wrists after the cables were cut, "so when exactly am I? And who are you?"

"You're in the year 2039. And we've actually met before," Conner pulled back his hood, "Conner Hawke."

"Yeah, you're that kid with Oliver and Nyssa," Cisco looked closely at Conner, "you know, you look a lot like-"

"Oliver, I know. He's my father." Conner told him and Cisco stared.

"What?" Cisco said stupidly and Conner chuckled.

"It's a long story. Come on; let me introduce you to the others." Conner said as he led Cisco out of the room.

As he was led down the hall, Cisco looked around. The walls were worn down and cracked. This place was old, he noted as Conner led him into the room that must be the command center. In it were four people ranging from their late teens to mid-twenties. Two men and two women.

"Hey guys, this is Cisco," Conner waved to Cisco, "Cisco, this is my team. Natasha Allen, AKA Impulse."

"Barry and Cait's daughter." Cisco said knowingly and she smiled at him.

"It's good to see you Uncle Cisco." She told him.

"You to." Cisco smiled back at her.

"My cousin, Lian Harper," Conner waved at a fair skinned woman with long brown hair and blue eyes, "Artemis."

"Hey, good to see you." Lain waved and Cisco waved back, sensing she wasn't much of a talker.

"John Diggle Junior, Guardian." Conner gestured to a young African-American man who didn't even look like he was twenty yet.

"'Sup." John waved and Cisco waved back.

"So Dig had a son as well as a daughter." Cisco noted and noticed as John's face fell.

"Sara was killed a few years back." Conner mutter to him and Cisco nodded.

"My bad." Cisco winced and John nodded tersely.

"And this is my brother, Dustan Queen," Conner pointed out a young man with Middle-eastern features but Cisco could plainly see Oliver in him, "Arsenal."

"It is a pleasure Mr. Ramon." Dustan said and Cisco noted he spoke with the same accent as Nyssa.

"I guess there's no need to ask who your mother is," Cisco said dryly and Dustan flashed a very Nyssa-like smile, "so, where are we?"

"It's an old Argus base, its underground. It's the only safe place left on earth." Lian explained and Cisco was confused.

"Why? What happened?" Cisco demanded and the five exchanged a glance.

"It might be better if you hear it from someone you know. Nat, do it." Conner ordered.

Natasha raised a hand and a holographic screen appeared in front of her. She pressed something on it and a hologram appeared in the center of the room. Cisco gasped.

"Barry?" Cisco breathed, looking at the shocking changes in his friend.

"Hello. My name is Barry Allen and I am The Flash. Although, I guess that won't mean much to most of you," Barry sighed tiredly before continuing, "the date is September 26th, 2024 and, if you're seeing this, then I'm probably dead. If that's the case, then you need to know why. To keep up the good fight.

"Eight years ago, on November 1st, 2016, a great battle took place. Oliver Queen and I, as well as our teams fought against Lex Luthor and his creation, a robot known as The Amazo with the ability to copy and acquire the abilities of Metahumans. We won that day, but Oliver Queen died in the process. And things only got worse from there.

"Lex Luthor escaped his prison and created an army of robots that waged war against Metahumans, programed to kill them. However, humans got caught in the crossfire and the president declared Luthor a Terrorist and his creations to be destroyed. However, Luthor's army was too strong and killed all involved in the attempts to destroy. Luthor realized what he had created but by that time, his creations turned on him. In twenty four hours, I will take part in one last, desperate gamble to take out Luthor's creations. Hopefully no one will ever receive this message. If you do, then to those watching this, please keep fighting. We can't give up; we have to protect things worth fighting for. Please, keep on fighting." Barry said before the hologram faded.

"He never came back, did he?" Cisco said softly.

"None of them did," Conner said and Cisco looked over at him, "Barry, Nyssa, Thea, Roy, Diggle, Sara, Ray, even you and Caitlin. You all died in that battle. I was eighteen years old. There weren't a whole lot of heroes left, so I stepped up. I took on my father's mantle, became the next Green Arrow. After fifteen years of fighting, we're all that's left of the hero community that Barry and my father built. But we're fighting a losing battle, there are just too many of them."

"So…what do you want me to do. I mean, you're telling me this for a reason, right?" Cisco asked as he looked around at all of them.

"Before the battle, you and Ray were working on a time machine." Natasha told him and he looked at her incredulously.

"A time machine?" Cisco repeated.

"I'm sorry man who has visons he calls Vibes, is this too otherworldly for you?" Lian snapped and Cisco raised his hands.

"Okay, point. So, you want me to finish it and what, take you back in time?" Cisco asked but Natasha shook her head.

"No, we want you to get back to y our own time and tell the others what you've learned. And tell them what needs to be done." Natasha explained.

"What needs to be done?" Cisco asked uneasily.

"Father needs to live." Dustan said and Cisco raised an eyebrow.

"Everyone always said that Oliver dying was the tipping point, when the world went to crap." John told him.

"You need to tell my father he can't fight the Amazo. If he fights it, he'll lose." Conner explained and Cisco nodded.

"Okay, no Oliver fighting power coping robots. Anything else?" Cisco asked.

"Yeah: Lex Luthor needs to die." Lian said and Cisco looked at her sharply.

"What?" he demanded.

"His hatred for Metahumans runs too deep, he'll invent those robots one way or another and the world will not survive. He needs to die for the world to live." Conner explained and Cisco was silent.

"Show me the time machine." Cisco said after several moments.

So, what do you guys think? Please leave any thoughts or comments you may have in a review, feedback is greatly appreciated.